DNP Select Income Fund (DNP) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus target price of $16.17, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer OBDC or DNP?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 8 more articles in the media than DNP Select Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 6 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.65 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DNP Select Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$665.75M	11.73	$753.61M	$1.53	9.99
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.25	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is OBDC or DNP more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to DNP Select Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat DNP Select Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.38%	5.37%
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is OBDC or DNP a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 96.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OBDC or DNP?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, OBDC or DNP?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OBDC or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 175 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 19 65.52%	Underperform Votes 10 34.48%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats DNP Select Income Fund on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.